King Xin originally had an oval, white, and innocent face of a teenager, but this time when he came back from the south for more than a month, he was tanned a little, and his face was a little longer, and his emperor brother was even more different, but in the eyes of his nurse, he was full of emotion, and repeatedly said that his mother was like this back then.

King Shin never knew what his biological mother was like, just because the woman was too unlucky.

His biological mother is a commoner woman, and from a sprinkling palace sweeper to a palace concubine, it was just a drunken mess of the first emperor. It may be that there were too many sons of the first emperor at that time, and this little Cai girl did not cause any turmoil even if she was pregnant, and in the end, she really gave birth to a big fat son. It's a pity that she went because of postpartum hemorrhage, and before King Shin could open his eyes to look at this woman who was connected to his blood, she turned into a pale and cold corpse.

Fortunately, although the first emperor loved to mess around, he didn't forget about this newborn son, and even found a good home for him, and gave it to Cui Niangniang, who had a daughter and had nothing to do, that is, Concubine Cui who now lives in Ci'an Palace.

Concubine Cui has a good background, perhaps because of this scruple, the first emperor has not officially adopted him to the name of his adoptive mother, so he is not the son of Concubine Cui, and he can't take Concubine Cui out to support him after the first emperor's funeral. The latter also comforted him once, saying that there were many old sisters in Ci'an Palace as companions, and the days were leisurely, which was much easier than coming out to take care of the palace chores for him.

Every month, he at least went to Ci'an Palace to visit his adoptive mother, this time he left Beijing for many days, coinciding with the Queen Mother's physical discomfort, and she should enter the palace to show her filial piety.

Therefore, after reporting on official business the day before, he returned home to wash off the dust accumulated along the way, and he entered the palace again the next morning.

first went to Cining Palace to respond to Mao, said a few polite words, and then arrived at Ci'an Palace, where the concubines lived.

Concubine Cui injured her body when she was a princess of Pingcheng in her early years, and then she didn't come out again, and her body bones were weak, and she always had an intermittent cough every spring.

King Xin came over today, inevitably presented some good medicinal materials, and attached the prescription from the famous doctor in Jiangnan, these two things made Concubine Cui very useful, pinched his hand and chattered for a long time, and said that he was short of breath and panting before stopping.

The old palace people gave her a good breath next to her, and also joked: "The old lady thinks about the prince and the princess day and night, but it's a pity that the princess is married too far, and she can only meet twice a year." If there is no prince, our mother will accompany us old bones every day, I am afraid that we will die of sorrow. ”

Concubine Cui made a sad expression: "Now that our prince has grown up, he is going to run an errand for His Majesty, which is a good thing." However, in the future, maybe it will be a few months away, and where will I, as a mother, go to look forward to people? ”

King Xin was about to explain that this time it was just a sudden incident, and he would definitely be in the capital most of the time in the future, so please don't worry about Concubine Cui.

The old palace people said very well: "Forgive the old slave for talking too much, if there is a princess, it would be better to enter the palace to talk to the old lady at three or five o'clock~"

Concubine Cui's eyes lit up, and the gaze cast at him was full of eagerness.

King Xin couldn't cry or laugh, since he passed his sixteenth birthday, such a drama has to be staged almost every two or three months, and his adoptive mother seems to be happy to be a matchmaker for him, if it weren't for His Majesty to hold it for him, and there was no biological mother in the palace, the Queen Mother was too lazy to worry about this kind of thing, just afraid that his house would be full at this time.

Finally got out of Concubine Cui, and as soon as the young prince came out and walked a dozen steps, he bumped into two palace people whispering to a pot of flowers in the corner.

One said, "There's a bug in the root," and the other said, "How do you know?" It doesn't look bad! The other one refused to explain, and directly picked up the small flower shovel and began to dig the soil.

King Xin has liked to read all kinds of chivalrous and strange books since he was a child, and he was very interested in the rivers and lakes described in it, and he was even more touched by the lingering and sympathetic feelings described in it.

Therefore, in addition to deciding to marry a woman he really loves, he likes to play with flowers and plants in the palace on weekdays.

After listening to the conversation between the two, he was curious, and couldn't help but quietly lean over, wanting to see who of them won and lost, and whether there were really insects under the mud.

It's a pity that although he yearns for the rivers and lakes in his heart, his skills are not yet agile to that point, and the palace people are all well-trained and have the most sensitive ears, so that he was discovered ten steps away from the two.

Because he entered the palace to meet the queen mother and concubine, he wore a very ostentatious dress, and even the old palace people in the cold palace could recognize his identity.

"Slaves and maids see the prince." The two palace people moved very quickly to salute him.

King Xin waved his hand and walked over, glanced at the pot of lush green plants that had not yet produced flowers and bones, and asked in a good mood: "This is the watercress orchid from Nanzhao, right?" How do you know that there are worms in the roots of flowers? ”

The palace people were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that Fang Cai's own words had fallen into the ears of the prince.

"Lord Qiyu, this, it was guessed by the slave maid, mainly because it was a little yellow at the root of its leaves, and besides, the soil seemed to be ......."

Miyato seemed a little nervous and stuttered a little when he spoke, but he still expressed his meaning very completely.

King Xin listened with great interest, staring at the other party carefully digging away the moist soil, and when the insect-eaten roots were revealed, he felt that this young palace man was very good at raising flowers, and he had the same trick as the old gardener he had spent a lot of money to get the palace.

"Which concubine are you serving?"

He began to think about what price he would have to pay to poach someone from an old lady. And, will this matter become tasteless when it reaches the ears of Concubine Cui, and so on.

Unexpectedly, the palace people were silent for a while, and their voices seemed to be a little more embarrassed.

"Lord Qiyu, the slave is a palace person who serves in front of the emperor, and today I just stopped by to Ci'an Palace."

Another palace person also hurriedly testified, and brought out his own master, the princess Wang, and the former lord Concubine Kang, who was beside him.

King Xin sighed, and then looked at the palace man who was said to have served Concubine Kang, and now he was serving in front of the palace.

"This king remembered, you served tea to this king yesterday, didn't you?"

Zhi Wei lowered her eyes and responded.

King Xin said again, "Concubine Kang...... You have some fate, no wonder you ......", and then thoughtfully walked away.

Zhiwei and Qingqiu looked at each other, and in the end, it was the latter who broke the silence.

"Tsk, our Zhiwei girl is so amazing now, she even recognizes the prince who is on the edge of one side, shouldn't you be soaring one day......?"

Zhi Wei made a gesture to hit her, and the two laughed quietly for a few words before she returned.

After inquiring back with the emperor about the trivial remarks about the Queen Mother, Zhi Wei thought that it was just a trivial matter to meet the prince Xin, so she didn't mention it.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, the emperor suddenly came to her and unceremoniously grabbed the matter and questioned her.

Zhi Wei looked at the corner of the bare bookcase at the time, and was wondering why the emperor had fallen in love with porcelain decorations recently, and actually replaced the previous podocarpus.

She was slightly stunned, and then answered honestly.

"Just a few days ago, when the slave maid went to Ci'an Palace at the behest of His Majesty, she happened to meet Prince Xin walking from Concubine Cui, so she said two words."

The emperor said gloomily: "Just said two words? Then how could the king ask you to go to the palace by name? ”

Zhi Wei was startled, and looked up at His Majesty the Emperor who was not very happy with her rudeness.

The other party's face was gloomy, his eyes were cold, and he was full of suspicion, a little like when he asked her that night if she was afraid of death.

"The slave didn't know about it, and the prince didn't seem to have that intention that day, isn't it...... Misunderstand? ”

The emperor seemed to be laughed at by her: "Misunderstanding? Are you saying that my old eyes were dizzy and I misheard him? I didn't know that there was still a maidservant who served flowers in the palace of King Xin, and he had to go into the palace to beg for it! ”

Zhi Wei's eyes suddenly lit up, and most of the original tension suddenly disappeared.

"I see, I think the prince is also a person who loves flowers, so he will be so whim......"

She briefly said the incident of Douban Lan that day, and Huo Yanzhi reluctantly believed that his younger brother did not fall in love with this beautiful palace maid at first sight, and the reason he said was not an excuse for prevarication, but he sincerely wanted to find more gardeners for himself.

Even so, he still glared at Zhiwei with a straight face.

"I asked you to go out to inquire about the news, but I didn't let you go out and show off! If I really have any thoughts about climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, I won't spare it! Let's go down! ”

Zhiwei could only "get out" reluctantly.

Although I feel that this is a completely unwarranted disaster, but I was only scolded for two sentences, Zhiwei's psychological tolerance is still very strong, as long as she is not suffering from flesh and skin, her left ear goes in and out of her right ear.

But the matter of the king and the emperor's suspicion also made her a little vigilant, after all, the Qiande Palace is different from the harem, there are many foreign ministers among the people who come and go, and there are a group of young guards in Wuyang, she wants to stay in peace and stability until she leaves the palace, she still has to be more cautious. It saves the misunderstanding with the Yuan guard last time, and she never wants to live the hard days of copying palace rules hungry.

After thinking about it, Zhi Weisi studied the "water mirror" in the wooden basin for a long time, and finally reluctantly came up with a method that was not a method.

She cut herself eyebrow bangs, although it was only a thin layer, but after covering the entire smooth forehead, the remaining two-thirds of the face was not as conspicuous as before. In particular, the most eye-catching thing about her face was the pair of heroic thick eyebrows, but now with this layer of "covering", the big black and white eyes have also been darkened.

If she was like a flower and bone waiting to bloom in a secluded place in a deep valley before, now she is more like a thin little Tinglan who is weak in the dark because she can't absorb enough sunlight, even if she can attract the attention of passers-by, she has lost the beauty that makes people stunning at a glance.

When Zhiwei came out on an errand in a new outfit, Zhao Jiufu almost didn't recognize her, and Yuxue and others frequently looked sideways.

The emperor didn't react at all, which made Zhiwei feel a little admiration again.

After all, His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, he is calm, and he is not surprised by changes, and it must be an accident that he has repeatedly lost his temper in front of him before......

Then His Majesty, who was not alarmed, said to her, "Are you new?" This tea is not brewed correctly, you go and call that Zhiwei to make another one. ”

The New Arrival: ......